Wow, what a difference a few days make!
After lamenting the paucity of spotted towhees and other birds in general
throughout most of April, today's hike up Horsetooth Mountain was quite
different. Birds everywhere! Including some early migrants.
Most unusual was a Western Tanager, a spanking
yesterday had male and female Western Tanagers, 5-6 juvenile Chipping Sparrows,
1 Brewer's Sparrow, 1 Green-tailed Towhee, 1 Black-headed Grosbeak, and gobs of
Spotted Towhees, in addition to the hordes of young Broad-tailed and Rufous
hummers. Also, still at least 1 Bullock's Oriole hanging ar
Migration still happening herewarbling vireo, blue-gray gnatcatcher and
blue
jay seen in the yard today, none of which breed within earshot of here.
cheers,
Arvind Panjabi
5700' feet, Larimer County, CO
On the north slope of Milner Mtn
Mountain mahogany shrubland and grassland
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